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247980 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
16 November 1844, folded cover (no contents), from La Guayra (La Guaira, Venezuela), to London, England. Venezuelan yellowish-brown postmark (complete, but hard to read) and with manuscript "Paquete" marking (Packet [mail carrying ship]) and "via de Inglateria" which means via England, but in this case surely was intended to mean "via British mails". By mail boat to St. Thomas and then sent onward to London. Clear "ST. THOMAS" large (30 mm) double-line arc (DWI Mails #BR16b) postmark on reverse as usual. Red London 23 December arrival mark. Addressed to the famous merchant banker firm of (Frederico) Frederick Huth & Co. Huth specialized in Spanish-speaking overseas business. Usual filing folds. Most examples of this type of mail coming out of Venezuela that I have seen do not bear a Venezuelan postmark; this cover is thus more interesting. A very nice example of the role DWI played in the early mails of the region. ACTUAL item. |
155.00 |
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| 206102 |
Scott #388a-d, 1944 Red Cross block of 4. Mint VF (3 stamps NH). |
6.00 |